Inkstand.



PATENTED AUG. 28, 1906.

F. M. ASHLEY.

INKSTAND.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 12. 1906.

UNITED STATES PATENT carton.)

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 28, 1908.

Application filed January 12,1906. Serial No. 295,781.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK M. AsHLEY, a

citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ink stands, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to inkstands, and particularly to that type which is pressed in iron molds and has a base portion of a different form from the ink-Well therein, and particularly to a square inkstand having a circular vsiell formed therein and made of pressed g ass i v i The square glass inkstands made of pressed glass are generally formed by an iron mold, and a round plunger is forced into the mold when the glass is in a molten state, and as the glass sets or crystallizes the plunger is withdrawn and the glass turned out of the mold, leaving a base square'in cross-section and a circular opening usually beginning flush with the surface of the s uare, as indicated by line a: a: on Figure 1 o the drawings herewith. Therefore when the bases are used for the automatic type of inkstand which use fioatsof hard rubber and are. of much smaller diameter than the opening of the well proper it is necessaryto use an extra top disk of hard rubber as a cover for the reservoir and to sup port the float and other parts of the automatic combination. By my invention I obviate the necessity of using this. extra disk cover and have conceived a method of construction, as well as a new construction, which makes a far better, cheaper, and handsomer and more durable stand of this form than has heretofore been constructed.

The object of my invention is to provide an inkstand-base of square or irregular crosssection having a circular reservoir and a turned-in glass top or cover'for the reservoir formed integral with the base and turnedin toward the center of the stand at apoint directly above the square of the base.

The construction is very simple and eifectlve.

Referring to the drawings, which form part of this specification, Fig. 1 is a vertical sectional view showing the shape of the glass as it comes from the mold, and Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view showing the stand with the top turned in.

A indicates the square base, B the top ring as it is first formed, and C shows the stand after the ring B has been turned inward while in a molten condition. 1

Those skilled in the art will have no difficulty in making the stand from the drawings and will appreciate the advance made from the standpoint of beauty, durability, and utility.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let ters Patent, is-

1. An inkstand made in a single piece having a bodyangular in cross-section and provided with a substantially flat top, a circular reservoir therein, and a turned-in ortiondirectly above the top forming a ow dome, substantially as shown and described.

2. An inkstand having a reservoir-body with thickened walls and a dome-shaped cover therefor made integral therewith and of less diameter than the body and having its wall of less thickness than the body portion.

3. An inkstand. having a reservoir-body with thickened walls and a cover therefor made inte ral therewith and of less diameter than the ody and having its wall of less thickness than the body portion and formed above the body portion and providedwith an opening, substantially as described.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 30th day of December, A. D. 1905.

FRANK M. ASHLEY.

Witnesses:

A. T. Scrmnrs, A. M. LYNCH. 

